Detachable rim for resilient tires.



J. W. HALL & G. BAYNES. DETAGHABLE RIM FOR RESILIENT TIRES. nrmonxon mum JULY 20, 1902. ,34 Patented Apr. 9, 1912 J. W. HALL & C. BAYNES. DBTAGHABLE RIM FOR RESILIENT TIRES.

APILIGATIUN FILED JULY 20, 190B.

{ Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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. APPLICATION FILED JULY 20 1908. 1,022,842. Patented Apr. 9., 1912.

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Joan Uri/mm Hal? v C3717. 4 7169 3. W. HALL & G. BAYNES, DETAGHABLE mm FOR RESILIBNT TIRES.

. APPLICATION TILED JULY 20, 1908. 1,022,842, Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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r1. 7 [Wad rs Join Zl/rlb'am 1/471 hlihusau I J. W, HALL CS; BMTNES DETAGHABLE RIM FOB RESILIENT TIRES. APPLICATION FILED JULY 20.1908. 1,022,842, Patented Apr.'9, 1912.

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LIOHN' mum HALL rams, OI LO IIJON.

I. nmadxazm Bnr'ron masmmit'r 1822,8 12. l f 4" APLQ, 912. I Ap lication and July :0, 1905. Serial K0. I

To all whom it may concernit tions relatively to the tire; Fig. 10 is ar pla-n Be it known that we,- J'orrx Wiuaair HALL and Cram Bai'xns, both subjects of the King of England, residing at London.

5 in England, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Rims for Resilient Tires, of which the following is .a specification This invention is for improvements' in or relating to detachable rims for resilient tires 'andhas for its object to provide a rim that i can be readily removed from and applied to the felly of the wheel even though thesrim or felly may be considerably out of truth.

115'v .The majority of detachable,.-rims as at, present in use require. careful fitting to the telly and consequently when either' the fellj or. the loses its accurate shape, it .becomes -diflicult to apply or remove the rim, arlid moregverthe rims arebrlio longer,

' ro r s 'n mm a ea c. Y lt is' weii lrnow n th twh e els do not "retain'their circularity .a iter use and thisde: parture from their first's'hapej is often greater than the amount of adjustment allowed therims.

A rim constructed according tothis in vention is divided transversely into sep'a rable sections that are movablebodily' away" from or toward each other for the purpose of expanding 'or contracting the rim. It thus becomes possible to provide a rim wherein a "large degree of variation of size can be permitted and asthe sections are independent of each other, considerable lack of truthin the telly orthe particular sec tions may obtain. withoutdiminishingthe effectiveness of the rim.

In the accompanying drawings which 40 illustrate one method of tairrying'out this invention 1 is aside elevation of the rim applied to the telly and having the tire in place; Fig; 2 is asimilar view with the rim expanded ready to be removed with the tire from the felly; Fig. 3is a side elevation of a portion of two of the rim-sections, shown on a larger scale than Figs. 1

and 2, and part being broken away for the sake of clearness; Fig. 4 is a transverse seetion on the line -14 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an underside view of the parts shown in Fig.

- 3; F 1g 6 is a pespective view-of securitv pad; ig. 7 is'an elevation of a rim expandmg key; F' Sis a section on the line 8--8 5 of Fig. 7 9 is a. side elevation showing the method 0 removing or applying the sec- (-1pposite sides of the rim.

the lug of a tool'indicatedin usein Fig. 9 ;"Fig. 11 is a sid elevation of a detachable part. of the tool, and Fig. 12 is a.side elevation of part of a rim showing a slight modification. Like letters indicate, like parts throughout the drawings. The .ivheel A with its felly A and bonding band A may be of any construction, 5 these elements .in' themselves forming no part of the present invention. No driving gear is shown on the wheel, but 'the invention' is equally applicable to driving or trailing whe.el,s.- The'fltircjB is provided with 79 heads B and is of the pneumatic type though the, invention, co'uld obviously be applied to a'solid tire having suitably shaped- H beads. The rim comprises four separable sections D, I), D=-.and- D. .Each of these is shaped to 'form part of a-circle and is pre ferably of; such. length that whenplaced end to end the circle or approximate circle Lform'ed thereby is somew at smaller than 8 0 the felly, 'towl'|ich the rim is to'beapplied.

flhe' edgesi ofthe sections are overturned in the usual way to engage the beads of the tire' and on theinner face; that is thc'face that is toward the center of the wheel, blocks E- are provided one 'at each end.

' These blocks may be brazed to the rim and are drilled and tapped to receive bolts jibe bolts ms-s through the felly A of the wheel and serve to retain the sections should the tire become deflated and centrifugal action tend 'to throw them from the felly. Each block E has two lugs .e disposed on These lugs are inwardly directed and when the rim isin place on the telly they engage op site sides of. the folly. Approximately mi way. along the length of each .section is. another bloc F and this has an inwardly directed w eshaped lug F on one side of the rim, an a corresponding shorter lug F on the other side, The blocks F mav also be brazed to" the rim and the lugs F F are arranged to' engage opposite sides of the telly A. For 1 a'socket late F is rigidly secured to the .fclly. his plate has an approximately semi-circular portion F that is let into the face of the telly, and a raised or webbed part F that projects beyond the face. The socket in this member is formed to correspond to the wedge shape of the lug F. The lug F merely engages th plane lay 1 the sections when broughtin line will'clear one end is first made to engage the beadsof to hold securely to the beads of the tire and the sections are preferably of such length the last section into place. The complete the bonding band A thereon.

l'oreed over the latter and brought into .place.

piece has pivotedjto' it a locking member Gr lavlng jaws (.l one at each end that-engage they can be rcadil y introduced into the oval face of the felly, or more'propcrly speaking, The I end. faces of the blocks E on each section are recessed, as at E so that when the sections are together with their ends touching, oval orifices "Et are provided at the points of contact. a

The operation of this rim is as follows The various sections- D, D, I), D are first separately ap lied to the tire. The innertube having en placed within the. cover and preferably slightly inflated, each of the firstthree sections may be readily made to engage the beadt'lpf thetire. -These sections are placedfendtto end in contact with each other andlthe tire should be of such di-' mensions circumferentially that'on attempt: ing to introduce the last section this would be found to overlap the endof the first section. To apply this section, theftool shown inFigsL'F) to 11 is employed. 'This comprises a lever G carrying pins G The pins are adapted to enter orifices E in the blocks E of the rim-sections and are so spaced apart that when the orifices E of two adjacent sections-are engaged, the-ends of each other. To introduce the last section,

the-cover, and then one pin of the lever is the orifice E in the' nearest end of the adja cent section, as shown in Fig. 9. With the parts intlie position illustrated in this'figure, the lever G is then raised, whereupon the section being made to bear with considcrable pressure against the beads, is

To. prevent the pins Gr from becoming bent-while the lever is in use, a bridge-piece Gr is placed over them on that side of the rimnot occupied by the lever. This bridgepiece is bent, as shown in Fig. 11', to avoid fouling a further tool hereinafter described that is used with this rim. The bridg recesscs (-l in the pins G when rocked in one-direction and thus prevent the bridgepiece from accidental removal.

Each of the sections ofthe rim is found that they are held firmly against each other by the tire which has been stretched to bring ring thus formed is too small for the telly and to get the rim thereon it is necessary to expand it. For this purpose, keys H (Figs. 7 and 8) are employed. Each key has an oval body portion and a squared head. The keys are of such dimensions that orifices E between the sections. After their introduction, each key is given .a quarter turuby means of a-wrench or otherdevice.

engaging the squared headj T he sections are thus bodilyj-ln'oved awayfrom each other which hasthe-effect of expanding the rim sufliciently to pass over the folly. The relative dimensionsof the rim thus expanded and the folly are shown in Fig. 2,

and it will be seen that when so expanded the lugs a are held clear of the bonding.

band A 'of the fellyfij The whole rim can thus he slid axially into place until the lugs E which are only provided on one side of the rim, engage their respective sockets F that are secured-to the telly. The lugs F are of practically the same dimensions .as

the lugs c and tl'icrefore oil'er no obstacleto bringing the run into place. To introduce the valve, the rim-is cantcc .relatively' to the wheel when bringing it into is first passed through an orifice provided for it in the place so that the valve felly and then the whole rim can be brought --into proper position by an axial movement.

The keys H can now be turned-into the po-' sition in which-they were introduced when the various segments of the rim will" be forcibly contracted by the tire pn to'the' felly of the -'wheel. The lugs F -will then. made to engage'the orifice E in the-free end. he snugly in the sockets, F, as shown 'in p of thesectionwhile the other pin engages Figs.- l and 3, and constitute the driving and the lugs F willfall into place and .en-

gage that face of the felly which is remote from the lugs F the tire is ipflated, but should deflation 0c cur, it is possible that'centrifugal action means between the felly' and 'rim.- The lugs e will also'engage opposite-sides of the felly might throwv the segments away from the" felly andthus permit'the 'rim and tire: to come" off the wheel. bolts E are screwed into the blocks E as already described. In addition to the bolts E a'device similar to the usual secu rity. bolts may be employed. This as is well known comprises a plate J whoseedges are upturned to engage the faces of thebeads .of the cover on the side toward the inner tube. These plates are usually covcredwith a suitable material to prevent abrasion of- .the tube and to each plate va bolt J is-secured. This bolt passes through the rim, and in the present instance it is preferably arranged in such a position that it also passes through one of the blocks F. The block is recessed for lightness and the same recess provides room for a nut J whereby To prevent 'thisfthe' the bolt may be secured. Conveniently the valve is arranged topass through one. of these blocks and the blocks are situatcd'approximately midway of the length of the sections because at this point there is found to be vcrv little endwise movement when opcrating the keys H. The efiect of operating both the keys allotted to any one segment is that the whole segment is moved bodilyin a radial direction. both ends displaced relatively to'its adjacent .but when one-key only hasbeon there may be a certain amount of'endvvise movement as well asa radial; movement of the endoperated. I

To preventt-he tube from'blowin g through between the ends.v of any two rim-sections when the sections on the telly do notmcdi, a device similar to the security bolts is pro vided, but instead-of a single bolt J extending therefrom it carries two headed pins J. Over these pins a plate J is'placcd and the heads on the pins prevent the two parts from becoming detached. Theo posed ends of the blocks E are recessed-at f'to receive these pins J angrthe'plate vJ is madeto lie between the bat .5 B of the tire and the rim. The object of this plate is to prevent the security piece J from being displaced by centrifugal action should deflation occur.

In these circumstances the security piece'J could only move forward radially until the heads on the pins came against the plate J" and as'this would-still beheld in plac efby the beads on the tire further movement would be rendered impossible. i

.Each plate J has an orifice he moved in one direction or theother by introducing a suitable implement in case either of the pins J should not be in-proper purpose.

positionito enter the slot E provided for it. The orifices E between-the rim-sections maybe left open. but if it is desired to close them to prevent the entrance of water or diet, any simple means may be used for this In Fig. 1 plates K are shown. These are thin plates shaped to the contour of the rim and one placed on each side, of the orifice that to he closed and abolt then passed through and secured by] a nut so that the two plates are'lrigidly held in position,

Instead of employing a bolt E at: eachendof each rim-section. the sectionsmay if desired be arranged to overlap as shown in Fi is ghown as lying over a projecting portion D of the neighboring section. \Vith'this arrangement it is only necessary to have one bolt D" for each section, as will be readily understood. I f

The use of the blocks E and F on the rimsections results in a space L between the rim and felly. This may be closed in by any suitable means such as thin platcs-L- that are secured to the blocks by screws L.

It will be seen that in addition to alfording a detachablerim the separable sections E that lies J= that. lies opposite the orificeE between the sections and all'ordsa means by which the plate can 12 wherein one, end of a section D permit ready to any part ofthe inner tube that may 'be 'that described, it is only necessary to remove the particular section that-liesopposite the damaged part. To dothis; the lever G is Having dtached thenm by the reverse operation from emplovcd. To. nid'the introduction of the" ins Ginto'their respective orifices a key may be .in the particular orifice tweenthe sections that are to be separated. By turning the key the orifices E which when.

partly or completely the ends of the sections are touching arc too close togcther'vto'engage the ins, may be brought into'proper position or the introduction of the latter.- After removing the nut J- of the security bolt sllotted to-thc section to be removed and having detached the bolts-E of the same section, it is than only-necessary to move the lever G in the direction toward thecen'ter of the wheelwhen the section will be readily detached from the bcadsof the cover-.

It shouldbe bond that. thesrim vvith the inflated tire uponit can be carried as a spare as it is not necessary rimon. the felly bforelinllation; It is found that although the-sectionsare quite "sep'a-.

ratei nd are 'only held together by the tire,

full inflation is possible'as if the rim were formed in OnePlOB.

sire to secure'by Letters Patcntisa- 1. A rim divided transversely into a pm: ralit-y of independent sections each arranged to be applied from one side of the tire and comprising a base ortion to lie oveithe outer'periphei ybfltlie wheel felly and having'sideflanges to receive the -tire, which rim can as .arwhole be .-slid laterally on to to mount the \Vhatflwe claim as our invention and detoo and ofi' from' the-telly" means operative when w beingsuc'h that the diameter of the .flange's to receive the tire, which rim I formed by placing them" end to end with their concave .faces toward a common center means operative when all the sections are in engagement with thetire to displace a section bodily in such direction as to expand the rim; substantially as set forth.

' is ,less than the diameterof the felly, and I 3. The combination of a resilient'tirc hav-f beaded edges, grim divided transversely i into a plurality of independent sections each arranged to be applied from one side the tire and comprising a base portion to lie over the outer periphery of the wheel telly andhaving inturned side flanges to engage the beads on. the tire which aim can as a whole be slid laterally on to'and oil from the telly, the rim sections-capable of being sepo arately introduced end to end within and held by the flanges on the tire' before either a whole be slid laterally on to and off from the 'rim or'tire is placed on the folly, and

means operative to displace a section bodilying a base portion'to lie over the outer pe 'riphery of the wheel telly and having side flanges to receive the tire which rim can as the telly eachsection having a recess-in its direction ofthefrimthan in the circumferp for engagement'or disengagement as reend face of greater diameter in the radial ential directio'n, the recess :on' oneend face being arranged to register withlthat on the o zipo sed'endgfaceof the adjacent section, whereby a transversechannel' is provided Ibetweenfthe n, and a plurality of rotatable eccentric pins introduced,into these channels of such' dimensions as. to approximately fill the' isa'ine-\vhereby"asthe pins are rotated, when all the'section's' are in position within :i"-'.'i"v

' thetire, the sections engaged by the pins are 35 forced apart in a circumferential direction, substantially -as and for "the purpose set forth,- I r r 5. .The combination of, a-rimtransversely divided into a. plurality of independent. sections having inturned edges to engage heads on the tire and transverse recesseson their end faces,'the cross-section of each recess being of greater diameter in the radial direction of the rim than in the circumferential direction and the recess on one end face beging arranged toregister with that on the opposed end face of the adjacent section whereysiitransverse' channel is provided between tli'ein ,'and a plurality of rotatable eccentric tion: as to expand-the irim,

pins introduced intothesechannels of such 6( dimensions as to approximately fill the same whereby as the ins are rotated, when all the sections-are in position within the tire, thesections engaged by the'pins, are dis-: placed bodily relatively to their companions; 5| substantially as and for the. purpose set forth. 7

'6. The combination of, a rim transversely divided into a plurality of independent sections having inturned'edges to engage beaiis 6.4 on the tire the whole rim being adapted to take over a telly and one of these members (the rim and telly) having lugs rigidly se 7 cured thereto and adapted to'engage the other member in such manner as topreveiit ,6

lateral displacement therefrom in either direction, and ineansyoperative when all the sections "are in engagement with the tire to displace the sections bodil yin such .direc the degree of x- 7 pansioiithus; obtained being suflicient to enable'the rim and telly with thefixed lugs' to be brought into proper relativepos'ition quired,' substantiallyasset forth. p v 7 7,1'A rim divided transversely intoa plurality ofindepcndent sections each arrangedto be applied from one sideofthetircand 1 comprising a' base pOrtion tolie-over the outer periphery of the wheel telly and hav- 8 ingide flanges. to receive the tire,tliear' rangeiiient being such that the rim can be slid as a whole laterally on to and (iffLfIOit'i' the telly, and key seats in the ends of each of the various sections arranged to receive. 8 keys for forcing the various sections, apartto increase the diameter of'the rim without cl'ianging the radius of such sections, for the purpose set forth. 1 v -v v In testimony whereof we have signed our 9 names to this specification in the presence of a two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN VVILL'IAM HALL.

()YRIL'BAYNES.

Witnesses i A. M. HAYWARD,

W. H. DERRIMAN. 

